Ingredients:
One young chicken
Onion, sliced
One bay leaf
Blade of mace
Six peppercorns
Tablespoon butter
Half a pint of cream
Truffle
Two dozen mushrooms chopped fine
Dash white pepper
Two eggs
1/8 cup sherry
Instructions:
Into a kettle containing a quart of water put a young chicken, one sliced onion, a bay leaf, two cloves, a blade of mace and six pepper-corns.

Simmer in the covered kettle for one hour and set aside to cool.

When cool remove the meat from the bones, rejecting the skin. Cut the meat into small dice.

Mix in a saucepan, over a fire without browning, a tablespoonful of butter, then add half a pint of cream. Stir this constantly until it boils, then add a truffle, two dozen mushrooms chopped fine, a dash of white pepper and then the dice of chicken.

Let the whole stand in chafing dish until quite hot. Add the yolks of two eggs and let cook two minutes. Stir in 1/8 cut of sherry and serve in cockle shells.

Combine half of chicken with half of leek mixture in processor. Puree until smooth. Add half of egg whites and process until smooth. Transfer to bowl. Repeat with remaining chicken, leek mixture and egg whites. Refrigerate until well chilled.

Bring chicken broth to boil in large skillet. Add spinach and basil and toss until just wilted, about 45 seconds. Drain well. Squeeze out any remaining liquid. Puree spinach mixture with remaining 3/4 cup cream until smooth. Blend in 1/4 of chicken mixture.

Add tomato sauce and tomato paste along with the red wine. Mix well; add seasonings and simmer until quite thick.

Beat the eggs and ricotta together with some fresh chopped parsley, salt and pepper.

Preheat oven to 325-degrees.

Spray a 9 x 13-inch baking dish with olive oil or butter flavor Pam.

Spread 1/2 of the meat mixture in the bottom of the pan. Top with sliced zucchini. Spread zucchini with the ricotta mixture, and top with spinach and mushroom slices. Top that layer with half of the cheeses. Cover with remaining meat mixture, top with remaining cheese.

Bake at 325-degrees until the cheese is bubbly and starting to get golden (about 35 to 45 minutes.)